With BarTender, a few quick mouse motions are all it takes to combine bar codes, text and graphics into professional quality labels. You can even encode RFID tags. BarTender has the intelligence to run both stand-alone and as a part of your other software applications. Advanced integration, advanced printer management, and advanced security functions are just some of what you get with the world¿s most advanced label software package.

The most powerful edition. Includes all of the label design, printing, software integration, and data sourcing features of the Automation edition, plus advanced server functions for centralized printing, security and administration. Includes BarTender Web Print Server to print labels from any browser. Contains our most advanced integration features, including TCP/IP triggers, SAP AII, Oracle XML, XML transforms, and XML scripting. Includes full functionality for all of the Companion Applications, including Librarian and logging to centralized databases. Tracks printer parts inventory and in-printer media usage.

Documents & Downloads

Intuitive mouse motions, helpful wizards and careful attention to the ¿look and feel¿ make BarTender seem familiar the first time you use it. Then, a variety of power features ensure your design freedom as you become expert.

Powerful font control

Full-system Unicode support lets you access a remarkable variety of Windows and printer fonts. Mix text styles within paragraphs and connect them to different database fields.

Custom serialisations

Generate anything from the simplest serial numbers to the most advanced custom sequences.

Import and export graphics

It¿s easy to add company logos and pictures of products. You can also export bar codes for use in other programs. (Supports cameras, scanners, and most graphic formats.)

Select data using the simplest pick list or the most sophisticated SQL query.

Read from most databases

BarTender makes it easy to access text, spreadsheets, and databases on a network. This includes ODBC and OLE DB support for dozens of data formats ¿ even non-Windows platforms such as LINUX, AS/400, Oracle database, and more.

History explorer - lets you view logged information about past label jobs, including images of the labels and print job messages

Reprint console - allows you to quickly navigate logs of previous label jobs and reprint all or just some of the labels

Print station - gives non-technical users easy ¿point and click¿ selection and printing of labels without ever having to see the inside of a label design program

Batch maker - makes it easy to specify a list of multiple label formats to print as a single 'batch'

PC Licensing

The Professional and Basic editions are licensed based on the number of PCs used.

Basic

Includes the most frequently used label design features. Includes all text, graphics, bar code, and most serializing capabilities. Useful for keyboard and scanner-supplied label data only. Print Station is the only included Companion Application.

Professional

Includes all of BarTender's most powerful label design features. Data access for network databases (using OLE DB and ODBC), as well as spreadsheets and text files. Includes two of the Companion Applications: Batch Maker and Print Station.

Printer licensing

Both 'Automation' editions allow unlimited network users. Licensing is based on the maximum number of printers used by BarTender on the network.

Automation

Includes all of BarTender's most powerful label design features. Numerous software integration tools, such as ActiveX Automation, enterprise messaging and Seagull's Commander utility for cross-platform integration. All the data sourcing of Professional, plus support for SAP IDocs. Includes all of the Companion Applications except for Librarian, but not all of the features. Logging to local databases only. Includes all available RFID design and encoding capabilities.

Enterprise Automation

The most powerful edition. Includes all of the label design, printing, software integration, and data sourcing features of the Automation edition, plus advanced server functions for centralized printing, security and administration. Includes BarTender Web Print Server to print labels from any browser. Contains the most advanced integration features, including TCP/IP triggers, SAP AII, Oracle XML, XML transforms, and XML scripting. Includes full functionality for all of the Companion Applications, including Librarian and logging to centralised databases. Tracks printer parts inventory and in-printer media usage.